Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JULY 12, 2022

e-personation case (an edge case from a different era), and the decade-old social media e-discovery cases (mainstream CivPro by now). Taylor about true threats on social media. The Florida and Texas social media censorship laws and the associated court challenges. Social Media. Primer on FOSTA.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 27, 2022

It creates a third asset for creators to sell, in addition to any physical item and the work’s copyright. First, governments can never successfully operate a social media service. social media has played an outsized role in finding and prosecuting the insurrection. Social Media Dumps Trump.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 18, 2024

The term “link taxes” refer to the government compulsion of large Internet services, such as social media or search engines, to pay news media for indexing and publishing their headlines and links. 4) Social media “defective design” lawsuits go forward. #StopTheSADScheme. Does anyone care?

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Copyright Lately

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Here are some of the greatest copyright horror stories, featuring such classics as “Nightmare on Elm Street,” “Halloween,” “Dracula,” “Ghostbusters” and … a creepy McDonalds character? The only thing scarier than a slasher flick is a lawsuit. It’s Halloween time again! Skully Curly.

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LexBlog IP

JUNE 26, 2023

It began selling its uniquely decorative “weathered-teak” furniture to exclusive retailers in 2004. JSC filed suit for copyright infringement, trade dress infringement, and unfair competition. In 2016, Trendily’s owner copied, manufactured, and sold identical JSC‑designed pieces.

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

JANUARY 24, 2023

On the heels of the mandatory editorial transparency provisions in Florida and Texas’ social media censorship laws, the California legislature thought it could one-up those states by passing a law with at least 161 different disclosure requirements. The opinion upheld every aspect of Texas’ social media censorship law.

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TorrentFreak

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Still, having served their purpose, many forums found themselves deserted too, their members lured away by the temptations of social media. 19+ Years Ago, FileWarez Was Born As far as we know, Brazil-based file-sharing forum FileWarez.com first appeared in August 2004, its domain name having been registered the previous month.

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43(B)log

MARCH 1, 2022

The passage is “separately copyrighted,” by which I take it the court means “separately registered.” Anyway, Bell goes around suing unauthorized users of the passage, mostly public schools or nonprofits that publish the passage on social media. Bell allegedly offers licenses for its use. NXIVM Corp. Ross Institute, 364 F.3d

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

AUGUST 2, 2021

Some of the major changes to the book this year: I added a note on the Copyright Claims Board. I did not add coverage of the Florida social media censorship law or NetChoice v. Primer on the Copyright Claims Board (CCB). Copyright Basics (Copyright Office Circular 1). Primer on CCPA/CPRA. Primer on FOSTA.

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SpicyIP

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The plaint was filed seeking permanent injunction against the respondent’s use of trademarks “YEH KHILA YEH KHILA” and “TIN TIN,” alleging trademark infringement, passing off, and copyright violations. The Plaintiff has been using the infringed trademark ‘FLY HIGH’ since 2004. Frankfinn Aviation Services (Pvt.)

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Technology & Marketing Law Blog

DECEMBER 15, 2021

A refresher: in 1998, Congress created a notice-and-takedown scheme for user-submitted items that allegedly infringe copyright. Copyright owners send takedown notices, and service providers either remove the items or lose the safe harbor. The DMCA’s main counterbalance to copyright owner overreach was supposed to be 512(f).

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Copyright Lately

MAY 17, 2021

Parody is tricky, both as an art form and as a matter of copyright law. And putting aside its pure entertainment value, the sketch also raises some interesting questions about just how much of an original work may be taken before parodic fair use crosses the line into copyright infringement. Did SNL go too far?

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IIPRD

JANUARY 29, 2023

It varies from creating an alternate persona on a social media account to voicing an animated character in a movie. 3] The legal pitfall people ignore is the lack of clear communication over the copyrights of the character. 3] Section 17 of the Copyright Act, 1957. [4] 4] Andrew L. 2d 119 (2d Cir. 2d 945 (9 th Cir.

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The IPKat

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Lidl sued Tesco because, it claimed, Tesco’s Clubcard logo infringed its trade marks and copyright in its own logo, relying on versions with and without text (see the competing depictions below). The judge found trade mark infringement (of both the logo with and without the word “LIDL”), passing-off and copyright infringement.

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